Child Rights
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Royal commission told of ‘heartbreaking’ abuse faced by women with disability
The disability royal commission was told 90 per cent of women with intellectual disability have experienced sexual abuse. By disability…
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An inquiry exposed sexual abuse within French Catholic Church — now what?
The inquiry that unearthed the scale of the abuse could also lead the way to reforms within the church. Lisa…
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Australian of the Year Grace Tame praises ACT Government for moving to raise the age of criminal responsibility
But the Tasmanian Government will not follow the territory government, saying it wants to be part of a nationally consistent…
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Horror as French reveal more than 200,000 clergy abuse victims within Catholic Church
Report The landmark report says about 3,000 child abusers, two-thirds of whom were priests, operated within the church since the…
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Family and domestic violence survivors are ‘being failed’
The Justice for Women in Rape Cases forum was hosted by the Geelong Women Unionists Network (GWUN) and March4Justice Geelong,…
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When human life begins is a question of politics – not biology
The Texas law went into effect on Sept. 1, 2021, and severely limits the right to have an abortion in…
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How the world’s biggest dark web platform spreads millions of items of child sex abuse material — and why it’s hard to stop
And according to reports, it has only become more prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Authors : The Conversation This material is largely…
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Zimbabwe arrests after child bride dies giving birth at church shrine
Anna Machaya, 15, is reported to have died and been buried last month at a church shrine in the eastern…
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UN condemns child marriage in Zimbabwe as girl dies after giving birth
The United Nations has condemned the practice of child marriage in Zimbabwe following the death of a 14-year-old girl after she…
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Dalit girl rape and murder: Indians protest over girl’s forced cremation
The girl’s parents have accused a Hindu priest and three others of attacking her when she had gone to fetch…
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‘Collective strength’: the LRA captive restoring dignity to survivors in Uganda
When Victoria Nyanjura was abducted from her Catholic boarding school in northern Uganda by members of the Lord’s Resistance Army, she prayed…
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Nigeria’s kidnap crisis: ‘I saw my two-year-old carried by a man with a gun’
More than 300 children kidnapped from school are still in the hands of criminal gangs in Nigeria, with many now…
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This is what happens to child migrants found alone at the border, from the moment they cross into the US until age 18
As of June 30, 2021, with three months remaining in the U.S. government’s fiscal year, 95,079 children left their countries…
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Federal Government faces criticism after telling UN raising the age is the duty of states and territories
Currently, children as young as 10-years-old can be held criminally responsible and face incarceration in Australia. This is four years…
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MEPs condemn Poland’s near-total abortion ban
MEPs on Tuesday condemned Poland’s almost total ban on abortion and called on the European Union to step up its fight against…
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‘Politics aside, we’ve abandoned children in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict’
I have witnessed a lot in my career, heading up humanitarian responses in the world’s most violent, dangerous, and impoverished…
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